Canada

Ottawa may have to adjust future help for Ukrainian refugees: immigration minister

CALGARY - Canada may have to consider updating future supports for Ukrainians seeking refuge from war, federal Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said Monday. "I've been hearing from provinces and from ...

Apr 03, 2023

B.C. to spend billions on plan to build more homes to ease housing crisis

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has introduced a multibillion-dollar plan to construct more homes as quickly as possible in an attempt to build its way out of the housing crisis. The so-cal...

Apr 03, 2023

AFN says it secured extra $3 billion from Ottawa for child-welfare compensation

OTTAWA - The Assembly of First Nations says it has secured an extra $3 billion from the federal government in a historic child-welfare compensation case. The assembly, along with the First Nations Chi...

Apr 03, 2023

Trudeau says orderly immigration system is needed, after deaths of eight migrants

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is reiterating the importance of an orderly immigration system as police investigate the deaths of eight migrants, including two children, in the Mohawk Territor...

Apr 03, 2023

UBC encourages students to uninstall TikTok app, citing 'unproven' security risks

VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia is encouraging students to uninstall the TikTok app from their mobile phones, citing concerns about data sharing with the social media platform's Chinese...

Apr 03, 2023

Muslim charity alleges systemic bias in bid to halt revenue agency's 'tainted' audit

OTTAWA - A grassroots Muslim charity is pointing to internal Canada Revenue Agency documents in a bid to persuade an Ontario court that a long-running federal audit is fundamentally tainted by systemi...

Apr 03, 2023

Egyptian asylum seekers decry 'Islamophobia' by Canada's border agency

VANCOUVER - Attia Elserfy was expecting a second lease on life when he escaped Egypt with his family, landing in Vancouver in October 2018. But the Elserfys say their lives are in limbo because the Ca...

Apr 03, 2023

First Nations police services say Ottawa's underfunding amounts to discrimination

OTTAWA - Nine First Nations police services say Ottawa's "deliberate and wilful underfunding" of policing in their communities amounts to discrimination. The services, represented by the Indigenous Po...

Apr 03, 2023

Atlantic hydrogen projects tracking well for 2025 production start: Wilkinson

OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says he expects to know the final investment decisions on at least two new hydrogen projects in Atlantic Canada before the end of the year. Howev...

Apr 03, 2023

EU disinformation head: Canada can counter interference by boosting media literacy

OTTAWA - The European Union's head of combating foreign interference in communications says allegations that Beijing is meddling in Canada's elections can be an opportunity to improve the public's und...

Apr 03, 2023